Mridula Mukherjee`s book presents an interpretation of Gandhi`s contribution to the national movement…essentially from the standpoint of a relatively well-placed stratum of the agrarian population.
The author has taken much care to document a detailed evaluation of the process of peasant radicalization through participation in national-level leadership…Mukherjee’s study greatly enriches our understanding by questioning some long-accepted assumptions about the role of peasants in rural Punjab.
“Mukherjee’s book is relevant not just to make sense of the present (farmers’) protests, but also to understand and appreciate the deeper roots of such struggles.”